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Similarly to recent seasons, the first four weeks of the regular season has been dominated by running backs in fantasy football, which provides some intriguing start ’em sit ’em options for Week 5. For the people who own Christian McCaffrey, congratulations on securing first or second place in your league. The Carolina Panthers versatile running […]

We are now a quarter of the way done of the NFL regular season with Week 4 coming to a close on Monday. In Week 4, we had yet another week that had plenty of quarterbacks who had success in fantasy football, which makes for several intriguing start ’em sit ’em options. Altogether, we had […]

Ben Roethlisberger is out with a severe elbow injury, and the Pittsburgh Steelers will have to play the rest of the season with Mason Rudolph at the helm. However, it seems that he wouldn’t have to rush getting better as soon as possible. Not when Rudolph showcased just what he can do against the Cincinnati […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have pulled off a wonderful victory against the Green Bay Packers. However, they had to play that game (and the rest of the season’s first four games) without Orlando Scandrick. However, he’s ready to play for the Philadelphia Eagles when they play the New York Jets for Week 5. He wants to […]

The Dallas Cowboys will be playing a big game when they face the Green Bay Packers in Week 5. However, the big matchup between Dak Prescott and Aaron Rodgers isn’t the only reason why this match is worth watching. Randall Cobb is a current Dallas Cowboy who was a Green Bay Packer for eight years. […]

Despite coming home to play in Los Angeles, fans in attendance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum showered reigning Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard with resounding boos when he appeared at the big screen during the Los Angeles Rams’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg guested on FS1’s “Undisputed” and […]

Aaron Rodgers played a fine game from the pocket despite his Green Bay Packers suffering a horrible defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles. One of the reasons why the Packers weren’t able to put up as much of a better fight can be attributed to his insistence to throw to Jimmy Graham. Jimmy […]

The biggest story through the first three weeks of the NFL season, at least around Dallas, was the emergence of Dak Prescott and his red hot start. Prescott started the year by completing 70 of his 94 pass attempts for 920 yards and 9 touchdowns against just 2 interceptions. He also ran 11 times for […]

The Dallas Cowboys found themselves sweating when Tyron Smith exited their game against the New Orleans Saints with a sprained ankle. The team was afraid that they would be without their first-string left tackle after he had to be helped off the field. The team immediately did an MRI on the affected ankle to see […]

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen entered this season as one of the top Fantasy Football wide receivers available. He was being mentioned with names like Julio Jones, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and plenty of other guys as potential team carrying options. Unfortunately, that has not been the case so far this year. Thielen has been held […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have been without Michael Badgley to begin the season and it doesn’t seem his return is imminent. According to Tom Pelissero, Los Angeles has signed kicker Chase McLaughlin. The #Chargers are signing kicker Chase McLaughlin, source said. Michael Badgley is still a couple weeks away after a minor setback in rehabbing […]

O.J. Simpson has a Twitter. Whether that’s a good or bad thing is a conversation for another day. Today, he’s ripping the Oakland Raiders, specifically Jon Gruden, because he can’t “handle” linebacker Vontaze Burfict and wide receiver Antonio Brown. Simpson’s latest Twitter video labeled, “Jon Gruden, Not!” Jon Gruden, Not! pic.twitter.com/qbMSLzMo0s — O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) […]

When everyone was clamoring to select Eric Ebron in fantasy drafts this season, they expected to be getting a consistent option at tight end. Just four games into the season, the Indianapolis Colts tight end has failed to be a viable option in fantasy football. Last year, Ebron had a career year with 66 receptions […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is sorry. At who? Wide receiver Adam Thielen. Why? Not giving him a chance with his deep balls. Two days after Thielen publicly criticized Cousins for his inability to hit deep passes, following the Vikings’ 16-6 loss to the Chicago Bears, Cousins put out his apology to the Pro Bowl […]

The Houston Texans struggled to defend Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey on Sunday… and yet Bill O’Brien had a different view. McCaffrey, the do-it-all star, tallied 179 total yards (93 rushing, 86 receiving) and a touchdown on a career-high 37 touches as Carolina prevailed in a 16-10 win in Houston. McCaffrey didn’t just impress […]

Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb weighs 227 pounds, but that doesn’t slow him down. According to NFL Next Gen Stats, the second-year back is the fastest ball carrier through four weeks of play. He topped out at 21.95 MPH on an 88-yard touchdown scamper in Week 4. The fastest ball-carrier this year? That would […]

After seeing all of their Killer Bs — Bryant, Brown and Big Ben — change teams or go down with an injury, one would expect the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense to struggle in search of a new identity. A large part of the Steelers’ struggles has come from trying to find players that can fill those […]

The Arizona Cardinals were in need of a wide receiver on their roster, and they brought a familiar face back on Tuesday. After spending some time in free agency, Pharoh Cooper is signing with Arizona. During the Cardinals Week 4 contest against the Seattle Seahawks, Christian Kirk suffered an ankle injury. With Kirk expected to […]

Tight end Vernon Davis is uncertain to play in Week 5 while in concussion protocol, according to Ben Standig of The Athletic — as if the Washington Redskins weren’t dealing with enough injuries. Washington’s starting tight end, Jordan Reed, remains out; he too is in concussion protocol for a helmet-to-helmet hit suffered in preseason Week […]

Week 4 featured plenty of upsets. In fact, eight underdogs (according to Las Vegas point spreads) emerged victorious out of the 15 games on the slate. Let’s unpack another eventful weekend in the NFL with 10 takeaways from Week 4. 10. Jordan Howard comes alive, hangs 3 TDs on Packers Jordan Howard, who was traded […]

The New York Jets have struggled in just about every area of their roster but protecting the quarterback has been the biggest weakness of theirs this season. Due to that, Adam Gase is thinking about shaking things up along the offensive line. Just four weeks into the season, New York has allowed 13 sacks as […]

Sitting among the NFL’s bottom feeders, the Cincinnati Bengals and Zac Taylor weren’t able to get their desired result on Monday night, losing to the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-3. In the loss, quarterback Andy Dalton looked worse than ever, throwing for under 200 yards and turning the ball over twice. Despite Dalton’s struggles first […]

NFL investigators have not yet interviewed wide receiver Antonio Browns for his rape/sexual assault allegations, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. As Fowler mentions, Brown is a free agent, so it’s unknown how cooperative he would be during interviews. Though an elite NFL player, there has been no reported interest in him since his release […]

Not many players in the NFL are fond of playing in Thursday Night Football games. You can include Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner in that group. When speaking to the media on Tuesday, Wagner revealed how he felt about Thursday Night Football games. “I think it’s very hard for players to get their bodies ready […]

The Chicago Bears surprisingly deactivated linebacker Roquan Smith for Sunday’s win over the Minnesota Vikings, citing “personal issues.” He didn’t dress but was present on the sideline and was talking with teammates on the bench. Smith returned to Halas Hall on Tuesday. However, he didn’t speak to reporters, according to multiple reports. The Bears have […]

With the Seattle Seahawks off to an impressive 3-1 start, head coach Pete Carroll gave a large portion of that credit to his quarterback, Russell Wilson. Telling the media that Wilson is off to the best start of his career, it’d be hard to argue his point. Russell Wilson says he feels “locked in” right […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have been without A.J. Green for their first four games of the season and will lose one of their other wide receiver options for a couple of games. John Ross is expected to miss multiple games with a shoulder injury, per Mike Garafolo of Pro Football Talk. #Bengals WR John Ross is […]

The Houston Texans had no answers for Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey in Week 4. Not only did the third-year back record a career-high in touches (37) and added 179 totals yards and a score, he also broke a record. According to Pro Football Focus, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, McCaffrey had 11 […]

Sean McVay insisted that running back Todd Gurley would get going in Week 4. However, by the end of the Los Angeles Rams’ 55-40 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that wasn’t the case. Gurley received five carries and seven receptions (11 targets) for a total of 70 total yards and two touchdowns; a far […]

Tom Brady is living the dream, and now he has a defense, too. The New England Patriots defense has been the NFL’s best this season. Not only has the defense allowed an average of 15 points through four games, it has scored more touchdowns than the Miami Dolphins. No one appreciates the effort the defense […]

Have you heard this before? New England releases a wide receiver. On Tuesday, the Patriots released another receiver in Cameron Meredith, according to Field Yates of ESPN. Meredith was on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list as he was recovering from a knee injury, which ultimately hasn’t happened. In August, the Patriots signed Meredith […]

Although the Dallas Cowboys’ high-powered offense was shut down for the first time this season, NFL legend Brett Favre didn’t hold back praise for Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Brett Favre on Dak on @SiriusXMNFL: “He’s got everything you can ask for, size, strength, arm strength, the guys love him, he plays hard, he plays smart. […]

Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner suffered an ankle injury during Monday’s 27-3 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. That didn’t stop him from recording 125 scrimmage yards and one touchdown. It also won’t stop him from practicing during the lead-up to Week 5 against the Baltimore Ravens either. On Tuesday, Conner said his ankle is […]

On Thursday Night Football, the Green Bay Packers earned themselves their fair share of critics for passing the ball four times from the one-yard line to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the waning moments of the game. Critics came in abundance, as they didn’t score a touchdown, rather Philly ended up with an interception. Packers […]

The Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders both had impressive wins in Week 4. While the Bears beat the 2-1 (now 2-2) Minnesota Vikings 16-6, the Raiders beat the 2-1 (now 2-2) Indianapolis Colts 31-24. Now 3-1, Chicago heads to London to face off with a 2-2 Oakland team. Both teams have shown a lot of […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are 4-0. They’ve looked utterly dominant through the first quarter of the season. All four games have been against solid teams, and they’ve proven themselves each step of the way. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Colts are an unspectacular 2-2. However, they’ve definitely proved a lot of doubters wrong. Once Andrew Luck retired, […]

The Cleveland Browns are looking to go 2-0 on their current road trip against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 4. Fortunately, their receiving corps should now be at full strength with the return of Antonio Callaway. Callaway missed the first four games of the 2019 NFL season while serving a suspension for violation of […]

The Dallas Cowboys got shut down on Sunday night against the New Orleans Saints. They were held to 10 points and could not get their offense going all night. This was their first loss after opening up the season against three easy opponents. They will not face their second straight test in the Green Bay […]

The Washington Redskins met with the New York Giants in Week 4. Their game was at MetLife Stadium, home of the Giants. A place that Redskins’ left guard, Ereck Flowers, knows all too well. Flowers was drafted by the Giants back in 2015. He was their first-round pick, going ninth overall. At that time, Flowers […]